Seeing as the motherboard of the Oppo is made by their parent company BBK in China, I would not worry so much about playing "friendly" D9s (the 970HD is BBK988 in HK - product page)

btw, sunauto which Oppo do you have and did it fail on you?

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Dec 15 2006, 01:24 PM

was asking sunauto

btw timothyy - you know the 981 does not have component outputs right? just in case

its got composite, s-video and hdmi

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Dec 15 2006, 04:48 PM

IME Philips has always been the most forgiving player - I haven't tried it but I bet you could throw a coaster in and it'll try to play it.

I haven't seen anyone on xtremeplace forum complaining about D9s on the Oppo though, so I think it should be friendly. I'd have bought one if it had a SCART output which I need

SG$299, but you really got to reserve your set, it seems to sell like hotcakes

sorry! i meant the 970HD is SG$299

dunno pricing for 981 - who is ST?

these days there is less excuse for remaining ignorant, especially if you post on online forums such as this one. if you Google Oppo 970HD you will come across the huge amount of words and resources expended by people who know AV anywhere in the world

there is no excuse for the name, but if we hadn't been exposed to TOYOTA we'd think it was a silly name. Even they themselves spawned off LEXUS for a classier sounding name

sunauto

"From what I've found out" where do you find out stuff?

970HD is using the MediaTek chip
971H and the new 981HD are using Faroudja

at just a little over SG$1.1K the Denon 2930 seems like a bargain with its new Teranex chip if you are looking for a midrange player.

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Dec 20 2006, 06:42 PM

did I mention the 2930 has a teranex chip?

anway- sunauto you already have a high end Pioneer 989AVi, of course the Oppo is going to be no comparison

... except hirez DVD-Audio

LG first off the blocks

the LG's designer's brother works in Samsung and they accidentally swapped briefcases early in the design phase.

true.

at USD$4k the Vidabox is not a universal solution.

I just hope they maintain SACD and DVD-A capability and be truly truly universal.

what do you mean by "it's not a pure digital signal"

it's pointless telling someone who already owns a TV that can display 1080p without HDMI that "its not practical to make" Wouldn't it be possible for you to visit him and look at the TV yourself, or download specs/manual from the web

I contend that 1080p is an analog description.

if you were talking digital it will be XXXpixels x YYYpixels

anyway, my CRT is 1200 lines, so how?

I think the HD950 is also a SACD/DVD-Audio player

perhaps it'll help if you link to the thread on AVS

Oppo 981HD short user impression

awesome machine, by all accounts.

did u see this review?

i think they are different generations - the 989AVi is at least 2 years old by now while the Denon is a new model. word is the video processing chips on the 2930 are a class above anything else on the market at the moment, except the 3930

The Absolute Sound reviews the Oppo 970HD
download from http://www.avguide.com/products/product-3708/ (free registration)

"Despite its few quirks and sonic imperfections, the Oppo DV-970HD is the best low-priced universal player I've heard. It does so much, so well, for so little, that it makes many higher priced players seem like underachievers by comparison. Whether you are a newcomer looking for an excellent starter player or a veteran looking to sample high-resolution formats, the Oppo represents a fine way to get in the game."


This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Jan 24 2007, 12:27 AM